Observation by Peter Anderson: Halley's Comet 14th April 1986

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Peter Anderson

Observer

Peter Anderson

Observed

2018 Oct 26 - 14:00

Uploaded

2018 Oct 27 - 04:23

Objects

1P Halley

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Constellation

Centaurus

Field centre

RA: 13^h29^m
Dec: -44°32'
Position angle: +4°07'

Field size

8° × 13°

Equipment

135mm F3.5 small telephoto on 35mm SLR body

Exposure

7 minutes probably using 100 ISO Kodak colour print film.

Location

Brisbane, Australia

Target name

Halley's Comet

Title

Halley's Comet 14th April 1986

About this image

Image was taken 12hrs 35min UT on 14th April 1986.

The bright object below centre is the Omega Centauri globular cluster. A little to the right of the comet, a fuzzy patch is NGC 5128, the Centaurus A galaxy. This image is oriented similar to that of 11th April and comparing the two, (crudely put), the movement of the comet has clearly been upwards and to the right.

Files associated with this observation

Comet Halley 14th April 1986 135mm F35 7 mins 1035pm adjCB ppt.JPG (121.0 kB)

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Denis Buczynski, Mike Foylan, Jeremy Shears, Mike Scarisbrick

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